East Sweden
NUTS 1 Region of the EU in Sweden
East Sweden (Swedish: Östra Sverige) is a NUTS 1 region in Sweden. The region is defined and used by the European Union for statistical purposes, it is not used as a region by Sweden which uses other divisions of the country.
Subdivision
There are two subdivisions of East Sweden called National Areas of Sweden (NUTS 2). They are in turn comprised out of six different counties (NUTS 3).
SE11 Stockholm
Stockholm County acts as a NUTS 2 and 3 region
SE12 East Middle Sweden
Östergötland County
Uppsala County
Örebro County
Västmanland County
Södermanland County
Economy
Eurostat estimated the regional nominal GDP to be € 206,003 million and the nominal GDP per capita to be €53,600 in a 2015 study. The same study also showed that the region had a 45% higher GDP per capita than the EU average.
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